Ireni Utley is a performer and teacher in classical voice genres. She studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with Prof Janet Delpratt in a Masters of Opera Performance, and later with Dr Margaret Schindler, while completing her Masters in Vocal Pedagogy. Ireni has been a principal artist and chorus member with Victorian Opera and Opera Queensland, as well as touring with and Musica Viva; internationally with Sirens of Song; and as an oratorio soloist.
Ireni has been teaching for 16 years, most of which has been spent with boys’ changing voices. She currently teaches at St Laurence’s College, Brisbane, with male changing voice; at the Cathedral of St Stephen with trebles and adults; and as a sessional lecturer in Classical Voice at the Queensland Conservatorium. In addition to teaching, Ireni has presented lectures for Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing, Griffith University, Voices of Birralee and elsewhere on adolescent changing voices, the importance of posture and alignment in teaching singing, repertoire choices, and on the use of Vocalises in the studio. She has adjudicated Eistedfoddau and competitions in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, and run performance masterclasses. In her spare time, Ireni competes in ocean swims, rides her bike around the city, runs after her children, and eats way too much.
